Former Facebook CEO says tech giant is trying to ‘bully and intimidate’ Australia by banning news

The former CEO of Facebook has accused the social media giant of trying to ‘bully and intimidate’ Australia by banning its news sources.   Facebook blocked Aussies from reading and sharing local news in response to a world-first law to make tech companies pay media outlets for the content they use. From Thursday, when Australians went … Read more

Former Facebook CEO unloads ‘sad’ decision to block news in Australia

The former CEO of Facebook has slammed Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘sad’ decision to block news in Australia, while encouraging Aussies to delete the app out of protest.  The US social media giant has infuriated Australians after blocking them from reading and sharing local news in response to a world-first law to make tech giants pay media … Read more

Parler announces relaunch with Mark Meckler as interim CEO

Parler announces its relaunch with Mark Meckler named as interim CEO a month after being shut down over Capitol riots Conservative social media site Parler announced its relaunch on Monday   It comes just over a month after Apple, Google and Amazon banned Parler from their app stores in the wake of the January 6 Capitol … Read more

Johnson & Johnson’s CEO says Americans may need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 every year

A COVID shot every year? Johnson & Johnson’s CEO says Americans will need to be vaccinated every season for the next several years if the virus keeps mutating Johnson & Johnson’s CEO Alex Gorsky discussed how the coronavirus will be able to mutate further if it continues to spread  Should this happen, Gorsky said it’s … Read more

Fired Parler CEO John Matze says he was betrayed by Rebekah Mercer

Fired Parler CEO John Matze says he was ‘betrayed’ and stabbed in the back by heiress investor Rebekah Mercer over his termination – as House Democrats demand a list of investors and creditors after it emerged Trump was offered a stake in the social media company. The 27-year-old has claimed that he was fired by the Parler board last … Read more

Parler CEO John Matze claims he was fired for pushing to ban QAnon

Fired Parler CEO John Matze has claimed he was sacked for trying to ban QAnon Fired Parler CEO John Matze has claimed he was sacked for trying to ban QAnon conspiracy theories from the site, as investor Dan Bongino slams him as a liar in a bitter fall-out at the struggling social media app. Investors … Read more

CEO of Parler idolized blogger who said men should travel to Eastern Europe to find girlfriends

The CEO of controversial conservative app Parler wanted to be the next Bill Gates but became the ‘Darth Vader of social media’ said the man who gave John Matze one of his first positions in tech. George Tu, 52, described the Parler founder, 27, as a fiercely ambitious young programmer who was largely non-political before … Read more

Parler CEO John Matze says he has been FIRED and blames board led by GOP mega-donor Rebekah Mercer

Parler has fired CEO John Matze just weeks after the conservative social media site was shut down over violent and incendiary posts about the Capitol siege Parler has fired CEO John Matze just weeks after the conservative social media site was shut down over violent and incendiary posts about the Capitol siege. Matze blamed Rebekah … Read more

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO and will be replaced by AWS boss Andy Jassy

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as the CEO of Amazon, 27 years after founding it with his ex-wife and building it into one of the most successful companies of all time that is now worth $1.7trillion. Bezos, 57, will be replaced by 53-year-old Andy Jassy, the current CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon’s cloud … Read more

Jeff Bezos is ‘stepping down as Amazon CEO’  

World’s richest man Jeff Bezos, 57, steps down as Amazon CEO Bezos told staff he will become Executive Chair in the third quarter of this year  He founded Amazon with his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos in 1993  The company is now worth $1.7trillion and Bezos is the 2nd richest man in the world after Elon Musk  … Read more